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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A20540	Three godlie and fruitful sermons; the two first preached by Maister Iohn Dod: the last by Maister Robert Cleauer. Whereunto are annexed, fiue propositions, or points of doctrine, comprehended in three other sermons, by the same author	Dod, John, 1549?-1645.; Cleaver, Robert, 1561 or 2-ca. 1625. aut	1610 (1610)	STC 6950; ESTC S117481	100,240	192

treason or haue bene at great charges to deliuer him being cast in prison for debt will walke more circumspectly and aduisedly all the daies of his life and will be so farre from aduenturing vpon those bad courses againe that he wil be so much more careful to auoide thē by how much more paines and cost his friends haue bene at for his redeeming Vse 2 Secondly let this teach vs to exercise our thoughts often and earnestly in considering what euils we haue committed against our blessed Sauiour and what he hath done for vs notwithstanding let vs looke vpon him by the eye of faith and see him crucified and hanging vpon the crosse for our iniquities And this we may better behold Gal. 3. 1. in the preaching of the Gospel and in the administration of the Sacraments then if we had bene standing by when he was put to death betweene the two theeues for that would haue daunted and amazed vs as it did the disciples that were Christ his followers whereas in these ordinances of God viz. the word and the Sacrament his sufferings are liuely expressed and represented vnto vs so that wee may more clearely and fully see the loue of the Father and of the Sonne through the working of the holy Ghost in our hearts than they could that were eye-witnesses of his bitter passion Doct. 5 And they shall lament for him as one mourneth for his onely sonne c. In these words as also in those that follow is declared the measure of their sorrow viz. that it was exceeding great as the two comparisons here vsed doe euidently expresse whence obserue this doctrine that Great sorrow for sin very requisite Se M. Dod● Sermon on Isa 1. Doct. 1. where this point is largely handled It is not sufficient to mourne for sin but we must make our sins to be our greatest sorrow Nothing must so pierce the hearts of Christians as that by their iniquities they haue slaine their Lord and Sauiour Reasons This through and sound lamentation is required Ioel 2. 13. and was found in Dauid Psalme 51. and in the people of God of whom mention is made 1. Sam. 7. 6. who are said in the day of their fast to draw water viz. out of their hearts and to powre it out before the Lord whereby is meant that they wept very bitterly and aboundantly for their offences against the Lord. And the reason why we must thus lament is First because sinne is the matter of all our woe and smart it is that which doth vs most hurt and that which keepeth from vs all manner of good Isa 59. 2. and haue we not iust cause then to grieue that we should lodge such a guest in our soules especially if we consider how beneficiall this holy griefe will be vnto vs for First it will be a means to make vp pure in Gods account and so to free vs from the guilt thereof 2. Cor. 11. and also to purge our hearts and hands from the corruption thereof so that we shall not bee in bondage therunto any longer Iam. 4. 8. And hence it will come to passe that either crosses shall not at all light vpon vs or at least they shall not bee burdensome vnto vs. If we keepe an Assises at home in our owne soules and finde our selues guilty and condemne our selues then shall not we be iudged 1 Cor. 11. 2. of the Lord but because we deale very partially in our owne matters therefore is the Lord driuen to helpe vs by laying his correcting hand some way or other vpon vs or if crosses do not fall vpon vs in that regard but our hearts tell vs that we deale faithfully in this behalfe then will our troubles be more easily borne for when sinne lyes heauy afflictions lye light And therefore when men are so vexed and disquieted at iniuries and indignities or any outward distresses that they cannot eate nor drinke nor sleepe it is sure that they haue little godly sorrow and store of worldly sorrow for if that holy griefe did possesse their hearts it would eate vp and consume carnall vexation euen as Moses serpent did the serpents of the Aegyptian sorcerers And this euery godly man shall finde in his owne experience that looke what day or howre soeuer he hath wept most bitterly for his offences against God then he esteemeth crosses to be most light and easie and findes matter of thankfulnesse in whatsoeuer grieuances befall him as knowing it to be Gods goodnesse that it is not worse with him Vse 2 Here then are those to be reproued that will tell vs a long tale of their repentance and of their sorrow for sinne but what kinde of sorrow hath it bene a shallow and hollow and sleight sorrow that neuer made them to shed one teare in secret nor to make one feruent prayer from a broken heart for the pardoning of their iniquities Let them heare that one of their kine is dead or one of their horses stolne or their barne on fire or the like and they will mourne in good earnest at such a casualty and bee more moued to heare that their goods are in danger to bee burnt then that their soules are likely to burne in hell This is a plaine argument that what shewes soeuer they make yet they haue not truly repented for their euill workes for if the holy Ghost had giuen them an inward touch for their sinnes they would grieue most for that which hurts them most and not for those things the hauing whereof cannot much benefite them nor the losse thereof proue very inconuenient vnto them Yet so beastly are many that if they be vrged to sounder repentance and greater reformation they presently aske What would you haue vs to doe more than wee doe already wee loue God aboue all and our neighbours as our selues and repent continually for our faults What would you haue vs so melancholy and pensiue as some are that vse to runne to Sermons nay we will be aduised of that for they are so grieued for their sinnes that they are almost driuen vnto desperation Miserable men little doe they know what sound repentance meanes for that is the thing which Gods Ministers must aime at euen to make men despaire in themselues that so they might rest wholly vpon Christ Iesus And happy is that Sermon and happy that day which maketh men so to weepe ouer Christ Iesus as that they vtterly fall out with themselues and with their naughty and prophane courses for this will best proue vnto their soules that they haue receiued the Spirit of grace and haue attained vnto true repentance Vse 2 Secondly this maketh for the sharpe rebuke of those who when the Lord doth knocke at the doore of their hearts and make knowne vnto them that they are liable to Gods wrath in regard of their vile and sinfull course of life they seeke by all meanes to quench these good motions and to driue away the feare of hell from